The Finance & Budget Office is recruiting an assistant university budget officer (ABO). The deadline to apply for this position is Sept. 30, 2016. For job description and qualifications, please see Assistant University Budget Officer – Human Resource Services – Northern Illinois
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Jostens hosts to ring event at Huskie Books & Gear Sept. 21 & 22
Jostens will be at Huskie Books & Gear in the Holmes Student Center on Wednesday, Sept. 21, and Thursday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., for all your graduation needs – rings, diploma frames and graduation stationary. If you have any
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Annual Clothing EXPO to be held on Sept. 29
The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center is looking for clothing for their Annual Clothing Expo event and will accept donations until Monday, Sept. 26th. The Annual Clothing Expo will be on Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Holmes Student Center’s Regency room from
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Group fitness added to employee Campus Rec memberships
Campus Recreation memberships for NIU Faculty and Staff now include all Group Fitness classes! Group Fitness is a fun and convenient way to workout. We offer a variety of class formats and class times. We have noon classes on Mondays and Tuesdays
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Weight Watchers meets Tuesdays
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is sponsoring a Weight Watchers at Work program. Join anytime and everyone is welcome. The meetings are held at noon on Tuesdays in the Blackhawk Annex of the Holmes Student Center. Cost is based on the number
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Science fiction, science fact
Gillian King-Cargile remembers well a phone call from an administrator at Sycamore High School, where she’d recently handed out free copies of a science fiction novel titled “The Maze Runner.” “You made a kid’s mom cry,” the caller told her. What? How?
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Mortar Board presents Gold Torch to NIU Chapter
Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society has presented a Gold Torch award to the Pleiades chapter at NIU. The Gold Torch is a national distinction conferred annually upon the most outstanding chapters of Mortar Board. Recipients of the Gold Torch excel
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Nominations sought for top faculty awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for NIU’s most prestigious faculty awards. The Presidential Professorships – for engagement, teaching, and research, scholarship and artistry – come with significant monetary and program development awards, as does the Board of Trustees Professorship. All four awards have the
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Get ready to rock the vote!
If Nov. 8, 2016, is your first national election while living on campus – or the first election ever for you – you should know you can vote here at NIU. Voter registration is taking place all over campus and DeKalb. Voter
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New webpage addresses collective bargaining questions
Recently, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB) certified the United Faculty Alliance (UFA) of NIU, UPI, IFT-AFT, AAUP (UFA) as the union representing tenured and tenure-track faculty at NIU. Representation by a union means that the union negotiates the salaries, hours and
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OHANA presents study skills program Sept. 20
Everyone is welcome at the OHANA “Study Skills” program on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m., in the Capitol Room at the Holmes Student Center. For more information, please call 815-752-1177 or email us at asianamericancenter@niu.edu.
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ISBA President Vincent Cornelius (NIU Law ’89) featured in Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Illinois State Bar Association President and NIU College of Law alumnus Vincent Cornelius (’89) was featured in the Sept. 2, 2016, edition of Chicago Lawyer magazine. Writer Emily Donovan profiled Cornelius along with the new presidents of the Chicago and DuPage County
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